The Top Movies, Weekend of December 9, 1983

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(new)	Sudden Impact	Warner Bros.	Action	$9,688,561		1,530	$6,332	$9,688,561	3
2	(new)	Scarface	Universal	Drama	$4,597,536		996	$4,616	$4,597,536	3
3	(1)	Terms of Endearment	Paramount Pictures	Drama	$4,245,520	+35.84%	945	$4,493	$14,295,345	19
4	(new)	Christine	Sony Pictures	Horror	$3,408,904		1,045	$3,262	$3,408,904	3
5	(18)	Yentl	MGM/UA Classics	Musical	$3,050,219	+922.43%	501	$6,088	$4,616,477	24
6	(2)	A Christmas Story	MGM	Comedy	$1,773,767	-33.31%	854	$2,077	$12,800,362	24
7	(3)	The Big Chill	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$1,102,466	-45.88%	793	$1,390	$40,118,255	75
8	(4)	Never Say Never Again	Warner Bros.	Action	$666,311	-49.77%	718	$928	$51,284,244	66
9	(5)	The Smurfs and the Magic Flute	Atlantic	Adventure	$631,140	-38.16%	207	$3,049	$5,330,983	66
10	(6)	All the Right Moves	20th Century Fox	Drama	$440,202	-53.02%	699	$630	$16,688,172	52
11	(8)	Educating Rita	Columbia	Drama	$396,723	-47.38%	395	$1,004	$9,282,858	82
12	(11)	The Right Stuff	Warner Bros.	Action	$368,225	-46.01%	184	$2,001	$11,922,987	52
13	(13)	Never Cry Wolf	Buena Vista	Drama	$334,156	-42.50%	85	$3,931	$6,017,338	66
14	(15)	Risky Business	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$283,820	-38.31%	422	$673	$63,541,777	129
15	(16)	Mr. Mom	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$245,839	-45.10%	344	$715	$64,593,427	143
16	(12)	A Night in Heaven	20th Century Fox	Drama	$159,613	-74.66%	340	$469	$5,563,663	24
17	(20)	Return of the Jedi	20th Century Fox	Adventure	$158,486	-33.95%	94	$1,686	$244,583,982	201
18	(21)	Rear Window	USA Films	Thriller/Suspense	$148,486	-35.44%	81	$1,833	$4,002,350	10,694
19	(22)	The Golden Seal	Samuel Goldwyn Films	Adventure	$122,400	-40.09%	153	$800	$6,504,610	115
20	(24)	Star 80	Warner Bros.	Drama	$69,971	-45.17%	18	$3,887	$1,158,409	32
21	(23)	The Osterman Weekend	20th Century Fox	Thriller/Suspense	$68,584	-66.11%	144	$476	$5,540,742	52
22	(27)	The Return of Martin Guerre	European International	Drama	$47,991	-46.33%	25	$1,920	$2,382,482	192
23	(new)	The Dresser	Columbia	Drama	$43,132		3	$14,377	$63,466	6
24	(29)	Fanny and Alexander	Embassy	Drama	$21,691	-37.39%	21	$1,033	$4,827,046	178
25	(32)	Vertigo	Paramount Pictures	Thriller/Suspense	$14,521	-31.10%	7	$2,074	$157,852	9,348
26	(30)	Lonely Hearts	Samuel Goldwyn Films	Drama	$13,988	-43.79%	10	$1,399	$658,048	101
27	(31)	Experience Preferred	Samuel Goldwyn Films	Drama	$13,922	-37.08%	4	$3,481	$206,633	38
28	(33)	The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez	Embassy	Western	$7,851	-43.79%	10	$785	$771,027	115